004 [Video] On the Subject of Employment...

[ex_julianhe]

Hey. So, I've been doing some thinking. [ He swears this isn't a bad thing. ]

I need to find a job. Not that the MAC ain't great, but it feels kinda temporary.

[ That and the apartments are solitary and...we'll get to the rest of that later. ]Anyway, bottom line? I've been here a couple months and I don't figure I'll be leaving any time soon.

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[borntobewildcat]

I would have suggested the dojo, but we don't get paid that much, if at all for teaching there. Maybe you could teach at the Institute? You're an X-Man after all.

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[ex_julianhe]

Yeah but I’m a student there. I don’t think they’d go for that. [ Considering it’s Beast in charge…yeah. ]

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[borntobewildcat]

Isn't Laura a student too, then? I know she's not officially a teacher, but she does those Danger Room session thingies.

You could do that.

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[ex_julianhe]

I don’t know about Laura. I don’t even know if she’s gonna do classes there, she didn’t say. [ At this point he thinks you might know that better than him, Tom. ]

I guess I could if they let me. [ He doubts so very much that they’d let him. ] I don’t know, I’d kind of like to do something separate from them. [ Read: Not controlled by them. ] I think I might have something, though, that girl Ariadne says she has openings.

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[borntobewildcat]

I could be wrong. In fact, I probably am. I just know that she took me to the Danger Room once for a training session. Can't say that I liked it very much.

[He's thoughtful for a few minutes, not too sure on the idea, but.] It'll be harder since you're young, and I can't cheat as easily as I could with Raphael, but if Ariadne's offer doesn't work out, or you can't find anything, I can see about getting you work at the bar. If you want, I mean.

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[ex_julianhe]

You didn't like the Danger Room? [ That surprises Julian. Back in the day, he'd thought the Danger Room was a cool way to train. ] Why not?

[ He's genuinely surprised by that offer, and can't keep from showing it. ] You're serious? ...Thanks, I...didn't think you could've done that. [ Or that you would have. ]

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[borntobewildcat]

It's pretty cool, but all you ever do with it is train and do fighting scenarios?

[He smiles a little.] I don't know if I can, or... It will be a lot of work, but hey, I got a sixteen year old turtle guy for a bouncer, I can make something work.

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[ex_julianhe]

Mostly. That's why it's there, what would you do in it?

[ Julian kind of pauses while he processes that Raph is only sixteen. ]

Look, I don't want to get you screwed over with the cops, though.

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[borntobewildcat]

It's basically like a Star Trek holodeck, right? I'm thinking vacations, speakeasies, the world's comfiest bed. Way better stuff than taking down the latest brand of Nazi.

[All joking aside:]

If you can't find something, I'll hook you up, man. I'll deal with the legalities of it. I'm pretty sure I can get you in as a waiter or something.

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[ex_julianhe]

[ Okay, laughing. ] Hey, you know you can make sims for that. Not that I have any clue how, but you can. I don't know, I prefer the real deal. Like a real vacation, we should all go back to that beach some time.

And...thanks, seriously. I won't forget that.

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[borntobewildcat]

Let's do it. Let's get Raph, Laura, and the others and go back.

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[ex_julianhe]

Figure they'd want to? I'd be up for that, it was a good weekend.

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[borntobewildcat]

I'm pretty sure they'd all be up for it, especially if we get Jessica involved again.

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[ex_julianhe]

Yeah. Okay, let’s do it. Summer’s almost over, we can do it while the weather’s still good.

[ And the people who missed it before can totally come this time. ]

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[borntobewildcat]

I'm all for it. Even if it's not the beach again, let's just get everyone together and out of the City for the weekend.

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[ex_julianhe]

Maybe we can get everyone on the road and see where we end up. Do you know if Laura kept the RV from last time?